Erin Nourse
Biographic Data
| ID | 2392723 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erin Nourse |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erin |
| FAMILY NAME | Nourse |
| SIGNATURE | NOURSE E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Religious Studies, Regis University Denver, Colorado |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Turning 'Water Babies' (Zaza Rano) into 'Real Human Beings' (Vrai Humains)
This article examines the protective measures and rites of blessing that residents of Diégo Suarez use to keep their babies safe from harm and incorporate them into their respective religious and ethnic communities. I argue that new mothers, and their 'water babies,' are 'acquiring bones' (establishing themselves within the community) in ways that challenge the widely held perception that Malagasy practices around ancestors are primarily remembra…
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Turning 'Water Babies' (Zaza Rano) into 'Real Human Beings' (Vrai Humains)
This article examines the protective measures and rites of blessing that residents of Diégo Suarez use to keep their babies safe from harm and incorporate them into their respective religious and ethnic communities. I argue that new mothers, and their 'water babies,' are 'acquiring bones' (establishing themselves within the community) in ways that challenge the widely held perception that Malagasy practices around ancestors are primarily remembra…
Aesthetics (1 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Blessing (1 works) · Environmental ethics (1 works) · Epistemology (1 works) · Ethnic group (1 works) · Gender Studies (1 works) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (1 works) · Harm (1 works)